Nice numbers! Thanks. I didn't go further back then the 50's as he presented it as the golden age that everyone would like to return to.
Here is another good number. In the 1950's a average of 2% of the family income went for leisure. In 2004 it was 15%.
There were 4,843 strikes in that decade.
The population was 149,188,000, of which,there were 3,288,000 unemployed adults seeking employment.
The labor force was a 5/2 male/female ratio.
In 1950,inflation was up 5.7%. '51,it was up .7%, '52 it was up 1.7%, '53 it was up .06%, '54,it was up .4%, '55,it was down .3%,'56,it was up 1.2%, '57,it was up 2.9%, '58,it was up 1.9%, '59,it was up.5%.
In 1958,just tuition,cost $1,250 a year at Harvard.But the average salary for that year was $4,230.00. A teacher made $4,085.00, a doctor made $22,000.00, and a factory worker averaged $4,786.00.